, as measured by the household's average reported ideal number of sons relative to ideal number of children. Using the 1995 …This paper presents evidence that increased earnings opportunities for girls can lower household preference for sons …

This paper investigates the impact of a government cash transfer on household decisions regarding different activities … behavioral change caused by the program was a reduction in the probability that the household would send the child to work and an … increase in the likelihood that a household would choose to combine child labor with schooling. On the other hand, the transfer …

household children are less likely to be disadvantaged in learning outcomes. Households' access to ICTs enhances child learning … (SSA) has the highest number of children out of school and learning disadvantages. Most studies on child vulnerability … concentrate on disaster, disability and HIV effects on children. Thus, this study investigates the likelihood of a child being …

fixed effect instrumental variables strategy to estimate the causal effect of income on children's math and reading …,100. Using a panel of over 6,000 children matched to their mothers from National Longitudinal Survey of Youth datasets allows us … reading test scores by 3.6% of a standard deviation. The results are even stronger when looking at children from disadvantaged …

fixed effect instrumental variables strategy to estimate the causal effect of income on children's math and reading …,100. Using a panel of over 6,000 children matched to their mothers from National Longitudinal Survey of Youth datasets allows us … reading test scores by 3.6% of a standard deviation. The results are even stronger when looking at children from disadvantaged …

what extent risk and vulnerability factors are relevant for household decisions concerning children's school attendance and … household decisions concerning children's activities. On the basis of a theoretical approach based on well known results …Building upon the social-risk management approach, this paper examines dimensions of household behavior that are …

This paper examines how rural households cope with climate change related rainfall shocks by re-allocating children …'s time between domestic activities and school attendance. Households affected by an unanticipated rainfall shock face an … inter-temporal trade-off between current household income and future potential earnings. Financial inclusion may mitigate or …